Rod bracket



Patented Aug. 11, 1931 UNITED STATES PATE FRANK ULBRICI-I, OF WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR-T H. L. JUDD CCM- IEANY, IN C., 0F NEW' YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION -OF DELAWARE non :BRACKET Application filed January 9,

My invention relates to a rod bracket.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide an improved rod bracket which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and serviceable in use.

Heretofore, rod brackets of the present type have been formed of sheet metal to which has been riveted a separate stud for receiving part of the rod attaching means. Such brackets while generally satisfactory in use are comparatively costly to manufacture in that the riveted attaching inember must be separately made and additional operations are required for securing the same in place. By my invention I am able to produce very cheaply a rod bracket having all of the advantages possessed by the more costly brackets heretofore in use.

In the drawings which show, for illustrative purposes only, preferred forms of the invention- F ig. l is a plan view in partial section, of a rod secured to a wall by means of one form of my improved brackets;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side view in elevation of one end of the rod and bracket illustrated in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is an end view in partial section of a slightly modified form of bracket.

In said drawings, 5 indicates a wall, ceiling, window frame, or other surface to which a rod is to be attached. Such surface 5 will be hereinafter referred to as a wall. The improved rod bracket illustrated in Figs. l and 2 comprises a sheet metal base 6 having an upstanding arm 7 integral therewith. The base .6 is provided with apertures for receiving attaching means such as nails or screws as usual. The arm 7 has .an integral cup-shaped boss 8 projecting from one side thereof and the metal of such bossI is threaded on its outer wall, as indicated at 9 in Fig. 1.

By making the boss cup-shaped as shown in the drawings the side walls are supported at both ends against collapse when being threaded.

In order to sustain the rod l0 I preferably employ a sleeve ll to fit the outside of the rod 10 and be slidable thereon, which sleeve 1931. Serial N0. 507,655.

l1 is internally threaded at the end l2 so that it can be threaded onto the projecting boss 8. When ,it is desired to set up the rod, the latter is cut to approXimatelength to fit between the brackets which have been ff secured to the wall. The sleeves l1 are slipped over the ends of the rod and slid toward the center and when the rod has been positioned the sleeves are moved outwardly and threaded into the projecting boss 8 of each bracket. Thus the rod is securely held in place and may be readily detached when desired by unscrewing one or both of the sleeves 11 and removing the rod in the reverse order of its assembly.

In that form of the invention shown in Fig. 3, the base G and what would correspond to the upstanding arm 7 are left in a single pla-ne so that the base 6 and arm 7 form simply a flat plate. The form shown in Fig. 3 may be attached on the inside of a window casing 13, for example, so that the rod will extend substantially completely across the inside of the casing.

In manufacturing my improved rod brackets strip metal may be employed and the apertures for the attaching means such as the screws are punched and the bosses 8 by one or more draws and sizing operations may all be formed in a single press having suitable dies and pumps. The bracket is then sheared to the contour desired such as that illustrated, which shearing may also be done in the same press. Since all of the operations can be performed in a single press, and various punching, drawing, and shearing operations may all be performed simultaneously, such brackets maybe very rapidly produced. rIhe bosses 8 may be threaded while the plate is still flat, as indicated in Fig. 3, and then if desired bent up into the form shown in Figs. l or 2, or the plates before threading may be bent into the forms shown in Figs. l and 2 and the bosses thereafter threaded. plate bracket is desired as illustrated in Fig. 3, of course when the threading of the boss 8 has been completed the bracket is finished and ready for use.

While the invention has been described lWhen a fiat "l in considerable detail and modifications illustrated, it is to be observed that various other Changes and lnodoetons may be made Within the scope of the invention as defined n the appended claim.

I Claim:

A bracket Comprising, a sheet metal plate having an integral hollow cup-shaped boss struck from one side, the side Walls of said boss being supported at both ends andbeng externally threaded to receive an internally threaded sleeve.

FRANK ULBRCI-I. 

